THE City hall from Porto Alegre decreed emergency in public health due to the increase in cases of dengue in the city. The decree was published in the Official Gazette of Porto Alegre (dopa) this Thursday (17).
THE State of emergency was decreed after more than 4,000 cases and two deaths, and was also motivated by the exponential increase in cases of dengue In recent days, with some critical neighborhoods. The city recorded almost 20 thousand occurrences suspected of dengue and more than 4,200 confirmed cases in 2025.
The decree authorizes exceptional administrative actions to contain the advance of the Epidemic and minimize the impacts on public health. Among the authorized measures are the immediate acquisition of inputs, extension of contracts and agreements, medical care for patients and actions of environmental control .
THE city hall may also relocate servers for areas with greater demand and suspend vacation and clearances of municipal servants involved in the dengue combat .
Exponential growth of cases
Three serotypes from dengue (Denv1, Denv2 and Denv3) were detected in Porto Alegre. The neighborhoods with the highest incidence of cases per 100,000 inhabitants are Passo das Pedras, Jardim Itu, Floresta Garden, Sabará Garden and Morro Santana. THE Municipal Health Secretariat (SMS) warns of the importance of the population’s collaboration in the mosquito .
Complaints of mosquito outbreaks, received by number 156, will have a priority treatment, especially in areas with higher concentration of cases, according to the city. THE HOSPITAL GROUP CONCEIÇÃO installed a tent of the National Force of SUS with the Moacyr Scliar UPA to care for patients with dengue . The space works 24 hours a day.
Another hydration tent will be installed on the stock center in April. The tent will feature more than 20 health professionals, with daily care, from 8am to 10pm. Health facilities will be opened on weekends and holidays to care for patients with symptoms of dengue .
What to do when having symptoms?
In cases of light symptoms such as headache, body pain and fever, the recommendation is to look for the reference health unit.
In cases of alarm signs, such as persistent vomiting, intense abdominal pain, dizziness, bleeding, difficulty eating or signs of dehydration, guidance is to immediately seek emergency services such as UPA or any emergency care of the capital.
The main symptoms of dengue They are fever, vomiting, body pain and headache.
This content was originally published in Porto Alegre declares a state of emergency by dengue epidemic on the CNN Brazil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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